Storyboard

Please find below a storyboard of my main documentary production. A storyboard is a visual representation of a sequence of shots. I produced this after my first video shoot, when I had a clear idea of the footage that I was going to have to work with. This then helped me with my second and third shoots, as I had a clear idea of the shots that I wanted to produce and the direction that my documentary would follow. Furthermore the storyboard is also currently helping me in post-production as I work towards editing and completing the production.

Storyboard

Soundtrack

The soundtrack that I selected to use as the background music is Clap Tap, from premium beats.com. I wanted a soundtrack that was upbeat and active, but not so much so that it would distract from the content of my filming. After considering a series of songs this was the one that I felt best suited my genre and would be the most engaging with the audience, as well as a good pace to edit to. Moreover there was a sense of building to this soundtrack, how it started off more subtle and then developed into a more powerful piece, which again would be an interesting element when applied to my editing and its change of pace throughout the documentary.

In addition to this at 0:33 there is a fade in the volume of the song, before it restarts again with a slightly faster pace and singers in the background. This fits perfectly with the sort of timing that I had considered my introduction to last, thus there will be a clear distinguished break between the start of my documentary, before the main body of it. Furthermore it was hard to find a song that was both engaging and active, but had a subtle and quiet enough beginning to suit the voice over that will be played over it during my introduction. Not only does Clap Tap allow for this during my introduction, but also then builds into a faster pace to suit the rest of the documentary.

Channel 4

I have decided to advertise my production as a Channel 4 documentary, due not only to their popularity but also because of the diverse range of genres that they produce. I think that my show pony documentary would fit into either the 'Lifestyle' or 'Sport' category, as despite it being based on competitive horse showing, it is focussed on two show pony producers every day life and running of their yard. To enhance my understanding of the conventions and style of a Channel4 newspaper advert I have managed to find two Channel4 identity style guides, which has greatly helped with generating ideas for my own product.

C4 Mini Style Guide by Jessica Sawyer

C4 Full Style Guide by Jessica Sawyer

Newspaper Advert

As a part of my production I am required to create a newspaper advert, therefore have conducted some research to gain an understanding of the different sizes they can appear in


The majority of newspaper advertisements tend to be either a half page of quarter size, thus I will creating one in keeping with this. It will be a half page ad so will need to be 265mm x 184mm, and I will aim to achieve the style of those of Channel4, which are very simplistic, clean and bold.